Rain Loads - The Forgotten Hazard

Contributors

Michael O'Rourke, Ph.D., P.E.

Michael O’Rourke, P.E., Ph.D.,
has been a professor of Civil Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
since 1974. He chaired the ASCE 7 Snow and Rain Loads subcommittee responsible
for rain and snow load provisions in ASCE 7-98, 7-02, 7-05, 7-10 and 7-16. He
is the author of dozens of research articles on snow loads, guidelines for the
use the last 5 versions of ASCE 7, as well as the recently completed “Snow
Loads on Solar Paneled Roofs”.